Editor's note: Chelsea Manning's lawyer David Coombs later posted an entry on his blog in response to Manning’s Guardian statement. The lawyer said that he had spoken to Manning and reminded her that he had told her about the Sean MacBride peace award on three occasions.
According to the post, Manning told Coombs that she did remember the discussions but that she had been “feeling isolated and out of touch with the outside world... which had led to her confusion over this issue.”